andIhalped
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Outdoor grown Lemon Meringue (sativa dominant hybrid of Lemon Skunk x Cookies & Cream)
Grow: I purposely grew it so it would stay under 4ft (legal grow, but my neighbors are finicky & last yr's 7 ft Jack Herer was cool but a bit too in-the-face): grown from a clone that I didn’t put out until late may & not in the sunniest spot & heavily topped until flowering.
Started flowering in very early August. Didn’t stretch a lot & the buds didn’t fatten up a lot until the final 3 weeks (like most sativas I’ve grown). I harvested at 10 weeks into flowering. Really nice lemony fragrance to the green buds.
Seemed quite resistant to mold & mildew—Had some heavy drenches & lots of dewy mornings during the flower phase & I never found a speck of mold or mildew. (Had to do some remedial hacking on my other plants on this front this year). Final height was about 3.5 ft., very close to what I was aiming for. I’m guessing it yielded about 3 oz in dry flower (I never weigh anything). Plenty fine by me, given its size & location, though it made me miss the last year’s 15+oz yield from my Jack Herer.
Usual dry & 5 week cure methods.
Smoke/Taste: Quite lemony-citrus w/ some peppery flavor & quite smooth. Not a hint of sweetness, contrary to its lineage & online descriptions.
Buzz: I like jumpy sativas, but this batch beats all in terms of upper energy. It’s like several cups of strong coffee; makes Makes Green Crack seem like an indica in comparison. Decidedly focused racy head buzz. Frankly, I’d warn anyone before they tried this, due to the raciness. While the buzz ain’t for every situation, I’ve got definite uses for it & am happy to have it. I’d guess it clocks in at about 16-20% THC based on experience.
Finally, I have no idea how mine compares to commercially-grown version of the strain. Never smoked it before now & obviously, a lot of its properties could be peculiar to my grow.
Grow: I purposely grew it so it would stay under 4ft (legal grow, but my neighbors are finicky & last yr's 7 ft Jack Herer was cool but a bit too in-the-face): grown from a clone that I didn’t put out until late may & not in the sunniest spot & heavily topped until flowering.
Started flowering in very early August. Didn’t stretch a lot & the buds didn’t fatten up a lot until the final 3 weeks (like most sativas I’ve grown). I harvested at 10 weeks into flowering. Really nice lemony fragrance to the green buds.
Seemed quite resistant to mold & mildew—Had some heavy drenches & lots of dewy mornings during the flower phase & I never found a speck of mold or mildew. (Had to do some remedial hacking on my other plants on this front this year). Final height was about 3.5 ft., very close to what I was aiming for. I’m guessing it yielded about 3 oz in dry flower (I never weigh anything). Plenty fine by me, given its size & location, though it made me miss the last year’s 15+oz yield from my Jack Herer.
Usual dry & 5 week cure methods.
Smoke/Taste: Quite lemony-citrus w/ some peppery flavor & quite smooth. Not a hint of sweetness, contrary to its lineage & online descriptions.
Buzz: I like jumpy sativas, but this batch beats all in terms of upper energy. It’s like several cups of strong coffee; makes Makes Green Crack seem like an indica in comparison. Decidedly focused racy head buzz. Frankly, I’d warn anyone before they tried this, due to the raciness. While the buzz ain’t for every situation, I’ve got definite uses for it & am happy to have it. I’d guess it clocks in at about 16-20% THC based on experience.
Finally, I have no idea how mine compares to commercially-grown version of the strain. Never smoked it before now & obviously, a lot of its properties could be peculiar to my grow.